Tissue-specificity of 412 retrotransposon expression in Drosophila simulans and D. Melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-252

  Borie, N ^a   Maisonhaute, C ^b   Sarrazin, S ^c   Loevenbruck, C ^a   Biemont C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Germline; In situ hybridization; RT PCR; Transcription; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; RETROELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOCYTES; TESTIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA SIMULANS; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036774952     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800135     Document Type: Article

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